Man bailed over dog mauling death

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;12&sol;man-bailed-over-dog-mauling-death&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"Sutton Borough Commander Guy Ferguson speaks to the media on Demesne Road&comma; in Wallington where a woman was mauled to death" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;12&sol;min-man-bailed-over-dog-mauling-death&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sutton Borough Commander Guy Ferguson speaks to the media on Demesne Road&comma; in Wallington where a woman was mauled to death"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A man arrested in connection with the death of a woman mauled by a dog at her home has been released on bail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alex Blackburn-Smith&comma; 34&comma; was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the victim&&num;8217&semi;s death at a house on Demesne Road&comma; Wallington&comma; south London&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was named locally as Barbara Williams&comma; thought to be in her 50s and a lodger at the property&period; The Belgian mastiff&comma; described by one officer as large and ferocious&comma; was shot dead by police marksmen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blackburn-Smith had also been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis&comma; but has now been bailed to return to a south London police station in late January pending further inquiries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Detective Chief Superintendent Guy Ferguson described the dog as &&num;8220&semi;distinctly large&&num;8221&semi; and said that at the time of Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s attack another woman of similar age to Ms Williams was in the house with a child under five&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It was a very ferocious dog&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;The officers had to use shields to contain the dog&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sutton Council confirmed it had received a complaint about dogs damaging a neighbour&&num;8217&semi;s fence last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The council and the police&&num;8217&semi;s safer neighbourhood team were contacted in connection with another smaller dog and damage to a fence at this address in August 2009&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said councillor Colin Hall&comma; responsible for dog control&period; &&num;8220&semi;At that point there were no legal grounds for the council to intervene on the basis of our statutory powers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; Mr Ferguson said Blackburn-Smith was the main occupier of the premises&period; 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